ἀρήν: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=ἀρνός<br />Grammatical information: m. f.<br />Meaning: [[sheep]], [[lamb]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: Nom. <b class="b3">ῥήν</b> A. R. 4, 1497, from the compounds; <b class="b3">ῥᾶνα· ἄρνα</b> prob. Elean.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[wereneja]] \/[[wreneja]]\/ in a list of leather goods; [[woroneia]] \/[[worneja]]\/; [[waniko]] \/[[warniskos]]\/, found as a PN in class. lg. In Gortyn <b class="b3">Ϝαρήν</b>.<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">πολύ-ρρην</b> < <b class="b3">*πολύ-Ϝρην</b> < <b class="b2">*urh₁-n-</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἄρνειος</b> <b class="b2">of a sheep or lamb</b> (Hdt.), like <b class="b3">αἴγειος</b>, <b class="b3">βόειος</b> (Chantr. Form, 50f.); - <b class="b3">ἀρνακίς</b> [[sheepskin]] (Ar.), haplol. fem. of <b class="b3">*ἀρνό-νακος</b>? - Uncertain [[ἀρνειός]], [[ἀρνευτήρ]] (s. v.). <b class="b3">βάννεια· τὰ ἄρνεια</b>, <b class="b3">καὶ τὰ βάννιμα τὸ αὐτὸ</b> H. (cf. Chantr. Form. 61). Popular <b class="b3">ἄριχα</b> (acc.) <b class="b3">ἄρρεν πρόβατον</b> H., <b class="b3">βάριχοι</b> (= <b class="b3">Ϝ-</b>) <b class="b3">ἄρνες</b> H. (Chantr. Form. 403; the absence of the nasal is unexplained), confirmed by PN <b class="b3">Ϝαριχος</b> Tarente.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1170] <b class="b2">*urh₁-en-</b> [[lamb]]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">ἀρήν</b> < <b class="b3">Ϝαρήν</b> agrees with Arm. [[garn]], <b class="b2">-in</b> (<b class="b2">n-</b>Stamm) [[lamb]]. Skt. <b class="b2">úraṇ-a-</b> continues <b class="b2">*ur̥h₁-en-</b> m. <b class="b2">id.</b>; cf. MPers. [[varak]] [[ram]]. The original inflection was <b class="b2">*urh₁-ēn</b>, <b class="b2">*urh₁-en-m</b>, <b class="b2">*urh₁-n-os</b> > <b class="b3">*Ϝαρ-ην</b>, <b class="b3">*Ϝαρ-εν-α</b>, <b class="b3">*Ϝρη-ν-ος</b>; so <b class="b3">Ϝαρ-ν-</b> is due to a reshaping. Not to <b class="b3">εἶρος</b> [[wool]] which is from <b class="b3">*ϜέρϜος</b>, nor to Lat. [[vervēx]].